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The combined observation of gravitational and electromagnetic waves from the coalescence of two neutron stars marks the beginning of multi-messenger astronomy with gravitational waves (GWs). The development of accurate gravitational…

We present our latest results for simulation for merger of black hole (BH)-neutron star (NS) binaries in full general relativity which is performed preparing a quasicircular state as initial condition. The BH is modeled by a moving puncture…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-11-26 Masaru Shibata , Koji Uryu

Gravitational-wave (GW) and electromagnetic (EM) signals from the merger of a Neutron Star (NS) and a Black Hole (BH) are a highly anticipated discovery in extreme gravity, nuclear-, and astrophysics. We develop a simple formula that…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2018-10-31 Francois Foucart , Tanja Hinderer , Samaya Nissanke

Recent detections by the gravitational wave facilities LIGO/Virgo have opened a window to study the internal structure of neutron stars through the gravitational waves emitted during their coalescence. In this work we explore, through…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2019-09-26 Miguel Bezares , Daniele Viganò , Carlos Palenzuela

We perform three-dimensional relativistic hydrodynamical calculations of neutron star mergers to assess the reliability of an approximate treatment of thermal effects in such simulations by combining an ideal-gas component with…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2010-11-11 A. Bauswein , H. -Th. Janka , R. Oechslin

We combine electromagnetic (EM) and gravitational wave (GW) information on the binary neutron star (NS) merger GW170817 in order to constrain the radii $R_{\rm ns}$ and maximum mass $M_{\rm max}$ of NSs. GW170817 was followed by a range of…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2017-12-06 Ben Margalit , Brian Metzger

The observation of gravitational waves from merging black holes and neutron stars provides a unique opportunity to discern information about their astrophysical environment. Two signatures that are considered powerful tracers to distinguish…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2026-03-18 Gonzalo Morras , Geraint Pratten , Patricia Schmidt

Using an extended set of equations of state and a multiple-group multiple-code collaborative effort to generate waveforms, we improve numerical-relativity-based data-analysis estimates of the measurability of matter effects in neutron-star…

We systematically perform numerical-relativity simulations for equal-mass binary neutron star mergers for the models varying the thermal index $\Gamma_{\rm th}$ with three different equations of state (EOSs) of the neutron stars (NSs),…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2025-07-10 Ming-Zhe Han , Yong Gao , Kenta Kiuchi , Masaru Shibata

GW190425 was the second gravitational wave (GW) signal compatible with a binary neutron star (BNS) merger detected by the Advanced LIGO and Advanced Virgo detectors. Since no electromagnetic counterpart was identified, whether the…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2024-01-25 A. Camilletti , L. Chiesa , G. Ricigliano , A. Perego , L. C. Lippold , S. Padamata , S. Bernuzzi , D. Radice , D. Logoteta , F. M. Guercilena

Black hole-neutron star mergers resulting in the disruption of the neutron star and the formation of an accretion disk and/or the ejection of unbound material are prime candidates for the joint detection of gravitational-wave and…

We study the dynamical signatures of black hole (BH) and neutron star (NS) binary mergers via Lidov-Kozai oscillations induced by tertiary companions in hierarchical triple systems. For each type of binaries (BH-BH and BH-NS), we explore a…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2019-08-14 Bin Liu , Dong Lai , Yi-Han Wang

Binary neutron star (NSNS) mergers can be sources of gravitational waves coincident with electromagnetic counterpart emission. To solidify their role as multimessenger sources, we present fully 3D, general relativistic, magnetohydrodynamic…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2020-03-20 Milton Ruiz , Antonios Tsokaros , Stuart L. Shapiro

The coalescence of binary neutron stars (BNS) is a prolific source of gravitational waves (GWs) and electromagnetic (EM) radiation, offering a dual observational window into the Universe. Lowering the signal-to-noise ratio (S/N) threshold…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2024-10-01 Yun-Fei Du , Emre Seyit Yorgancioglu , Jin-Hui Rao , Ankit Kumar , Shu-Xu Yi , Shuang-Nan Zhang , Shu Zhang

We perform neutrino radiation-hydrodynamics simulations for the merger of asymmetric binary neutron stars in numerical relativity. Neutron stars are modeled by soft and moderately stiff finite-temperature equations of state (EOS). We find…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2016-06-22 Yuichiro Sekiguchi , Kenta Kiuchi , Koutarou Kyutoku , Masaru Shibata , Keisuke Taniguchi

The merger of two neutron stars has been proposed as a source of gamma-ray bursts, r-process elements, and detectable gravitational waves. Extracting information from observations of these phenomena requires fully relativistic simulations.…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2007-05-23 Walter Landry , Saul A. Teukolsky

The next generation of ground-based gravitational-wave detectors, Einstein Telescope (ET) and Cosmic Explorer (CE), present a unique opportunity to put constraints on dense matter, among many other groundbreaking scientific goals. In a…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2023-12-18 Francesco Iacovelli , Michele Mancarella , Chiranjib Mondal , Anna Puecher , Tim Dietrich , Francesca Gulminelli , Michele Maggiore , Micaela Oertel

We report simulations of the inspiral and merger of binary neutron stars performed with \texttt{WhiskyTHC}, the first of a new generation of numerical relativity codes employing higher than second-order methods for both the spacetime and…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2015-02-03 David Radice , Luciano Rezzolla , Filippo Galeazzi

Observations of gravitational-wave signals from binary neutron-star mergers, like GW170817, can be used to constrain the neutron-star equation of state (EoS). One method involves modeling the EoS and measuring the model parameters through…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2019-01-09 Matthew F. Carney , Leslie E. Wade , Burke S. Irwin

(Abridged) In this paper we present a compilation of results from our most advanced neutron star merger simulations, including a description of the employed numerical procedures and a more complete overview over a large number of computed…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-06 M. Ruffert , H. -Th. Janka